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Laminated Steel Hunters
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| Laminating stainless steel to carbon steel is a giant pain in the neck, and is immeasurably more tricky than making damascus steel. However, I feel that it represents the pinnacle of function, beauty and low maintenance in a high performance knife blade. A core of W-2 steel is forge welded between two pieces of 416 stainless. Since the stainless steel covers about 90% of the blade surface, it requires no maintenance. Only the W-2 exposed near the cutting edge will tarnish, but as it darkens with age it just gives the blade a better look over time, and I don't recommend trying to polish it off. Trust me. It looks cool. | ||
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